George Gissing
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George Gissing was a late 19th-century English novelist known for his realistic, often bleak portrayals of lower-middle-class life in works such as "New Grub Street."
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Gissing canonical | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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novelist ⓘ realist writer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1903 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1870s ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1857-11-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
England
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Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ West Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1903-12-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Owens College
NERFINISHED
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University of Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Gissing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
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social novel ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
intellectuals
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lower-middle-class life ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| movement | literary realism ⓘ |
| name | George Gissing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Life's Morning
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Born in Exile NERFINISHED ⓘ Demos NERFINISHED ⓘ Eve's Ransom NERFINISHED ⓘ In the Year of Jubilee NERFINISHED ⓘ New Grub Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Friend the Charlatan NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nether World NERFINISHED ⓘ The Odd Women NERFINISHED ⓘ The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft NERFINISHED ⓘ The Town Traveller NERFINISHED ⓘ The Whirlpool NERFINISHED ⓘ Thyrza NERFINISHED ⓘ Veranilda NERFINISHED ⓘ Workers in the Dawn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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short story writer ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Saint-Jean-de-Luz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Exeter
NERFINISHED
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France ⓘ Italy ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| sibling | Algernon Gissing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Edith Underwood
NERFINISHED
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Nell Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Exeter
NERFINISHED
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Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| writingStyle |
pessimistic
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realistic ⓘ |
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